Northern Region
Gulu, Lira, West Nile and Karamoja.
The North is where development programmes concentrate, which makes it the region where independent verification matters most. Donors and head offices commission checks precisely because they cannot get there themselves.
- Researcher based in the district
- Covered regularly from the regional hub
- On request, travel quoted separately
What we cover here
Gulu, Lira, West Nile and Karamoja.
Getting there
Gulu base, covering Lira, Kitgum and Apac. Arua and Moroto are reachable but are planned day-plus trips.
In Northern
What clients ask us to do here.
Regions differ. What a bank needs checked in Kampala is not what a donor needs checked in Gulu, and the brief is written accordingly.
- 01
Independent verification that a funded programme activity actually happened
- 02
Beneficiary and household spot checks against a distribution list
- 03
Supplier and contractor confirmation for humanitarian procurement
- 04
Site and infrastructure condition reporting with dated, located photographs
Districts
Where we work in Northern.
We have researchers based in Gulu, Lira. The rest of the region is reached from Gulu.
| District | Coverage |
|---|---|
| Gulu | Researcher based here |
| Lira | Researcher based here |
| Kitgum | Regular coverage |
| Apac | Regular coverage |
| Arua | On request, with travel |
| Moroto | On request, with travel |
A district that is not listed is not a refusal. Ask us, and we will quote it with the travel shown as its own line for you to approve, or tell you honestly that we cannot do it well.
Services
Everything we offer is available in Northern.
Turnaround varies with distance from the hub. The quote always states the date we will be on site.
Business and property verification
Confirm that a company, premises, plot or asset exists, is occupied, and is what the other party says it is.
Market intelligence
Prices, stock, competitors and distribution, collected in the market rather than estimated from a desk.
Mystery shopping
See your branch, outlet or agent the way an ordinary customer does, not the way a scheduled inspection does.
Tourism and hospitality intelligence
Verify a lodge, camp, operator or route before you book a client into it or put it in your catalogue.
Field surveys and interviews
Structured data collection from households, traders, farmers or programme participants, in the local language.
Data collection for AI and research
Licensed, consented, locally sourced imagery, audio and text from Uganda, collected to a written specification.
Need something confirmed in Northern?
Send the location and the questions. We will come back with a fixed price and the date a researcher will be on site.